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+US naval power is on the brink of decline now—key internal link is military capacity |
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+Cropsey 16 |
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+Seth Cropsey began his career in government at the Defense Department as Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and subsequently served as Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy in the Reagan and Bush administrations, where he was responsible for the Navy's position on efforts to reorganize DoD, development of the maritime strategy, the Navy's academic institutions, naval special operations, and burden-sharing with NATO allies. In the Bush administration, Cropsey moved to OSD to become acting assistant secretary, and then principal deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. Cropsey served as a naval officer from 1985-2004, “SOS for a declining American Navy,” WSJ, Jan 06 2016 |
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+Late last week China confirmed that it is building its first aircraft carrier from scratch |
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+AND |
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+. What the nation can’t afford is to retreat as menaces increase abroad. |
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+Nuclear power is critical to US naval cred and power |
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+Spencer and Spring 07 |
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+Jack Spencer is Research Fellow in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, and Baker Spring is F.M. Kirby Research Fellow in National Security Policy for the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation; “The Advantages of Expanding the Nuclear Navy,” Heritage Foundation, Nov 5 2007 |
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+Congress is debating whether future naval ships should include nuclear propulsion. The House version |
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+AND |
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+Navy will protect as primary combat ships or the environmental costs of emissions. |
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+US naval power maintains global peace and solves every impact |
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+Eaglen and McGrath, 11 analyst on defense issues in US Congress, Pentagon at Office of the Sec of Defense and Joint Staff, specialist in defense strategy and industrial base, staff member of the congressional Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel / founding director of Delex Consulting Studies and Analysis, specialist in Defense and National Security (Mackenzie and Bryan, “Strengthening US Seapower: Implications for Defense Policy”, 5/16/11; http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/05/thinking-about-a-day-without-sea-power-implications-for-us-defense-policy |
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+Providing Security That Protects and Bolsters the U.S. Economy Modern American sea |
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+AND |
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+American people, and these benefits far outweigh the costs of maintaining it. |